Comparing Polychlorinated Biphenyl Concentrations and Patterns in the Saginaw River Using Sediment, Caged Fish, and Semipermeable Membrane Devices

• Published in: Environmental science & technology Vol. 34; no. 19; pp. 4095 - 4102
• Main Authors: Echols, Kathy R, Gale, Robert W, Schwartz, Ted R, Huckins, James N, Williams, Lisa L, Meadows, John C, Morse, Douglas, Petty, Jimmie D, Orazio, Carl E, Tillitt, Donald E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Chemical Society 01.10.2000
• Subjects: Agnatha. Pisces; Analysis methods; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Applied sciences; Biological and medical sciences; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; Effects of pollution and side effects of pesticides on vertebrates; Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics; Environmental monitoring; Exact sciences and technology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Marine biology; Membranes; Metabolism; Natural water pollution; PCB; Pisces; Pollution; Pollution, environment geology; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Sampling; Sediments; Statistical methods; Trace analysis; USA, Michigan, Saginaw R; Water analysis; Water pollution; Water treatment and pollution; United States; North America; Saginaw River; America; Michigan; Chemical analysis; Statistical analysis; Semipermeable membrane; Biological indicator; Sediments; Spatial variation; Polychlorobiphenyl; Passive detection; Vertebrata; Brachydanio rerio; Analysis method; Organochlorine compounds; Pisces; Chlorine Organic compounds; Content; Surface water; Aromatic compound; Stream; Water pollution; Comparative study; Principal component analysis

Three techniques of assessing bioavailable polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the Saginaw River, MI, were compared:  sediments, caged fish, and semipermeable membrane devices (SPMDs). SPMDs and caged fish were placed in the river for 28 days at five sites where sediments were also sampled. The samp...